UCD EngSoc Quiz 02/11/2020
Engaging Engineering Quiz
Test your knowledge of engineering concepts, history, and curiosities with our comprehensive quiz. Featuring a range of intriguing questions that challenge your understanding of the world of science and technology, this quiz is perfect for engineering enthusiasts.
Join us to explore:
- The principles of electricity
- Famous engineering feats
- Innovative technologies
Direct current (DC) is defined as
Electrical current that reverses direction periodically
Electrical current that flow in one direction only
Electrical current that flow in negative cycles only
Electrical current that flow in positive cycles only
Whats the heaviest object in the known universe?
The Sun
A neutron Star
Any Black Hole
The guilt I carry that I could have chosen Business and have 4hour weeks, with the only additional work I have to do is watch “the Wolf of Wall Street” once a week.
The Mars Climate Orbiter space probe was designed to orbit Mars to study its weather but crashed into the planet. What was the cause of the failure of the mission?
A solar flare destroyed the electronics in flight
Confusion between English and metric units in thruster subsystem
Its fuel tank exploded as the thruster ignited
Mission control lost communication with the probe
What ancient Greek mathematician and engineer is credited with the boast "Give me a place to stand on and I will move the earth" after investigating the principles of levers?
Hippocrates
Sophocles
Archimedes
Phidias
Does the Value of gravity vary depending on where you are on the Planet, and if so, where is it greater?
Greater? No, it’s constant no matter where you are
Yes, and it’s greatest at the Poles
Yes, and it’s greatest at the Equator
Yes and it’s greater at the top of Mt Everest
How long does it take light to travel from the Sun to the surface of the Earth if the distance between them is about 150 million km?
More than 3 hours
About 8 minutes
About 26 minutes
A bit less than a minute
Best Engineering stream?
Mechanical (the Engineering Degree that just makes sure you go on to be accountants)
Electrical/Electronic (Essentially Computer Science, you can learn that through 4 hour long Youtube videos)
Civil Eng (literally just cement and sandcastle building)
Chemical and BioProcess (Calm down Walter White)
BioMedical (didn’t get into Medicine?)
Structural and Architecture Eng (== Complicated Minecraft)
What’s the Speed of Light?
2 x 10^8 m/s
1.5 x 10^8 m/s
1.5 x 10^12 m/s
3 x 10^12 m/s
3 x 10^8 m/s
In terms of engineering software, what does CAD stand for?
Coronary Artery Disease
Computer Abetted Design
Computer Apprenticeship in Design
Computer Aided Design
Which country has the largest dam?
China with the Three Gorges Dam
The USA with the Fort Peck Dam
Pakistan with the Tarbela Dam
In an engineering context, what could the term mangonel describe?
A counterweight driven Catapult
A bridge held up exclusively by the pressure exerted by each component on the others
A type of piston engine found in Formula 1 cars
What is a technical term for the "brain" of the computer?
GPU
Graphics Card
CPU
Motherboard
What was the name of the bridge that collapsed in the US because engineers overlooked the effects of wind on its structural integrity?
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
St. George Island Viaduct
Thompson Bridge
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
What company developed a computer with the codename "Lisa" in the 1980's?
Apple
Sony
NASA
Best Sounds to Fall Asleep/Scroll tiktok to:
Lofi Beats
10 hours loop of calming forest noises
Vlads the first year physics lectures
What kind of bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?
Beam Bridge
Arch Bridge
Suspension Bridge
Cable Stayed Bridge
In electricity, voltage has units of volts, but what are the units of power and current respectively ?
Ampere and Watt
Watt and Ampere
Ohm and Ampere
Watt and Ohm
The Panama Canal joins which two water bodies?
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
Mediterranean and Red Seas
Mediterranean and Black Seas
What was the purpose of the Eiffel Tower and when was it built?
In 1789, acting as an electric pylon for the newly built electrical grid in Paris
In 1889, acting as an electric pylon for the newly built electrical grid in Paris
In 1889, as a paid public astronomy chamber at the top
In 1889, to make the French look cooler than other countries for the World Fair that year.
Is there ever a reason why you shouldn’t make fun of a friend who doesn’t study engineering?
Yes, all courses are important and worthwhile, and demand so much work regardless.
No, I'm not studying 60 hours a week, am sleep deprived and have a 2.5 GPA to not make fun of arts and humanities students.
What does a Geiger Counter measure?
The amount of Parts Per Million (carbon in the air)
The current in amps in a circuit (synonym for Ammeter
The amount of radiation in the atmosphere around it
The acidity or PH value of a liquid
What does the term LASER stand for?
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Light amplification by stimulated emission of refraction
Light amplification by stimulated emission of reflection
The acronym FM stands for:
Frequency Modes
Frequency Modulation
Filter Methodology
Filter Modulation
Rusting of Iron is a typical example of:
Chemical corrosion
Physical reaction
Electrochemical reaction
Which of the following is one of the fears engineers have about excessively changing our foods through manipulation?
Causing greater world hunger
Superweeds that will be immune to all pesticides
New viruses without any vaccines or cures
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